# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-porter-alexander
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:24.436Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-porter-alexander"
name: "Edward Porter Alexander"
slug: "edward-porter-alexander"
description: "Edward Porter Alexander was an American military engineer, railroad executive, planter, and author. He served first as an officer in the United States Army and later, during the American Civil War (1861–1865), in the Confederate Army, rising to the rank of brigadier general."
tagline: "Confederate Army general (1835-1910)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brigadier_General_Edward_Porter_Alexander%2C_First_Corps_chief_of_Artillery_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1835-05-26"
deathDate: "1910-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.247165532879819
  historical:           13.85832533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Edward Porter Alexander"
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    title: "Edward Alexander"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump